Synonyms of tossed

tossed

verb

past tense of toss

1

as in lurched

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions

the boat tossed to and fro in the heavy seas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lurched
• swayed
• rocked
• shook
• rolled
• jerked
• halted
• careened
• wobbled
• vibrated
• tumbled
• pitched
• weaved
• seesawed
• faltered
• reeled
• stumbled
• floundered
• waddled
• staggered
• jolted
• hobbled
• toddled
• tottered
• wavered
• vacillated
• blundered
• bucked
• hitched
• teetered
• waggled
• doddered
• oscillated
• undulated
• wagged

2

as in jerked

to make jerky or restless movements

tossed and turned in bed all night, unable to sleep in the heat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jerked
• fidgeted
• twitched
• squirmed
• twisted
• fiddled
• wiggled
• shook
• shivered
• writhed
• trembled
• jiggled
• wriggled
• thrashed
• threshed
• jigged
• fluttered
• shuddered
• quivered
• flitted
• squiggled
• quaked
• paced
• twittered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rested
• relaxed
• unwound
• stilled
• calmed (down)

3

as in threw

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

toss that football over here

Synonyms & Similar Words

• threw
• hurled
• slung
• flung
• fired
• launched
• heaved
• chucked
• pitched
• cast
• pegged
• lobbed
• catapulted
• dashed
• flipped
• hurtled
• darted
• bowled
• pelted
• let fly
• lofted
• rolled
• gunned
• passed
• propelled
• ejected
• hooked
• thrust
• precipitated
• projected
• shot
• impelled
• rifled
• bucked

4

as in discarded

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

we need to go through the basement and toss whatever we don't use

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discarded
• dumped
• unloaded
• ditched
• lost
• chucked
• abandoned
• scrapped
• jettisoned
• rejected
• junked
• shed
• removed
• laid by
• exorcised
• flung (off or away)
• threw away
• disposed of
• cast (off)
• eliminated
• sloughed (off)
• cashiered
• set aside
• shucked (off)
• dismissed
• threw out
• sluffed (off)
• eighty-sixed
• pitched
• deep-sixed
• forsook
• abdicated
• deserted
• abolished
• eradicated
• kicked out
• wiped out
• expunged
• extinguished
• stamped (out)
• exterminated
• annihilated
• extirpated
• liquidated
• rooted (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopted
• used
• employed
• embraced
• utilized
• held
• took on
• kept
• retained
• held back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tossed

Carmella and Omar made it onto the ballot, but only because of extraordinary effort and after hundreds of signatures were tossed. —Adam Davis, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026

Most boxes focus on generic stuff that will either get ripped to shreds or tossed to the side. —Rachel Cortez, USA Today, 12 May 2026

The ball went right back to Skenes, who scooped it up and easily tossed to first as the PNC Park booed. —CBS News, 12 May 2026

He has been ejected five times in his two stints as an NBA coach, including on April 10 of last year from a regular-season game against Indiana in which Blair was on the officiating crew (but was not the one who tossed Atkinson). —Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 May 2026

Bassitt tossed six innings, allowing one run on four hits in six innings. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026

That same year, a fan hit Kelsea Ballerini in the eye with a bracelet tossed on stage during a show in Idaho, and in March, Riley Green needed stitches after a phone thrown by a fan hit him in the ear. —Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026

After Washington opener Richard Lovelady tossed two scoreless innings, Zack Littell worked four innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits. —Miami Herald, 10 May 2026

The Eyes must have tossed the Pearl Girls dormitory, too, because Daisy’s pocket radio — the one she’s been hiding inside her bunkmate Thalia’s bed frame — is sitting on the desk. —Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026